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VILLAGE VOICE (3/08)

"It's not often that I hear a recording by a new and unfamiliar artist that absolutely knocks me out from beginning to end, but Jason Rigby's "The Sage" does this in spades."
- Dave Wayne, jazzreview.com

"Rigby's burly tenor tone and searching improvisations recall the expressionistic flights of Ornette Coleman and Joe Henderson."
- John Murph, DownBeat

"Rigby flirts with the same stratospheric heights Wayne Shorter explored with Miles."
- J Hunter, AllAboutJazz

"...the saxophonist's quintet sustains a daunting finesse while swinging full tilt on the new The Sage."
- Jim Macnie, The Village Voice

"Jason Rigby is a bold adventurous composer and saxophonist."
- Jerry D'Souza, AllAboutJazz

"Translucent Space (Fresh Sound-New Talent), the new album by the saxophonist and bass clarinetist Jason Rigby, doesn't come by its name casually; it's an album of airy, often diaphanous music, with faint echoes of early fusion and Third Stream."
- Nate Chinen, NY Times

"He blends styles artfully and gives them a tangent and direction that are out of the ordinary and, in doing so, he brings in a perspective that is as exciting as it is satisfying."
- Jerry D'Souza, AllAboutJazz

"Bordering on classic mainstream jazz with a touch of viable avante garde' Jason Rigby plus group takes us on a harmonic/melodic sojourn that is nothing short of spectacular."
- George W. Carroll, The Musicians' Ombudsman

"A robust tenor/soprano stylist in the classic Post-War mold of John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter, Rigby also embraces the harmonically unfettered lyricism of Ornette Coleman. An improviser with a composer's mindset, his concise, linear statements extrapolate the formal constraints of a tune rather than just running the changes."
- Troy Collins, AllAboutJazz

"Rigby brings a fresh, creative spirit to the forum, opening the door to a world in need of musical rejunenation."
- Jim Santella, Jazz Improv Magazine

"Compositionally, [Rigby] recalls Gil Evans - both focused and all-embracing, and Paul Motian - spacious and Impressionistic."
- Mark Keresman, JazzReview.com

"The young saxophonist's Translucent Space gave jitters a good name. The antsy music had enough grace to assuage its attack. That's a best of both worlds deal."
- Jim Macnie, The Village Voice

"Rigby can display a brilliant virtuosity & flexibility while handling some very complex harmonic lines & intervals."
- George W. Carroll, The Musicians' Ombudsman

"An arresting debut from multi-reedman Rigby...as a composer and arranger his originality is even more striking...he's created a distinctive, if eclectic, synthesis of Wayne Shorter and Ornette Coleman, with echoes of Paul Motian's trio...One to watch."
- Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times (Dublin, IR)

"Rigby is strong and confident, but he also allows risk-taking, moving comfortably out of the mainstream into freer territories. Given this stellar debut, it will be quite interesting to see where Rigby's musical ventures will lead next."
- Mark F. Turner, AllAboutJazz

"...the strength of Translucent Space lies in its coherence, intellect and accessibility—making it one of the year’s most remarkable debuts."
- John Kelman, AllAboutJazz